/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1270726
>not necessarily altoids
I have been using them for altoids, yes.

>Not retarded answer
I only use them for small storage, like rubber bands or spare keys. Havent done any electronics with them yet

>>1270735
> for small storage
Nice. But I'd rather have transparent containers.

>>1270726
not actual altoids but

>>1270726
not actual altoids but

>>1270953
housing for a voltage booster to charge my batteries with my mini solar panel

>>1270957
Housing for a voltage booster to run my laptop off a car battery jumper-pack. Problem is it seems to create severe noise that makes my capacitors whine and ALSO at close to full wattage draw (90watts) it seems to shut off every few seconds even though it's claimed to do 150 watts by the ebay seller. A larger RF choke (already have a small one) might help the noise but idk why it's shutting down or how to fix that

>>1270953
Also not quite altoids but another raspi, used it with a Motorola lapdock as a netbook

>>1270962

>>1270960
did you put in standoffs or anything under it?

>>1270968
I put a double layer of duct tape on the inside of the tin. But for this one >>1270953 I used nice little nylon standoffs and nylon nuts and bolts. This one >>1270962 though, was weird because even thought I insulated the inside bottom with tape, it turned out to be the corners of the board that I rounded off that were shorting out against the tin, so I put tape on the inside corners as well.

>>1270726
This is actually pretty badass idea.

Nothing cause im broke. But a kind anon suared uavfuture's $99 fpv drone build. Then i came accross his $200 setup you can put together.

I already have a transmitter and reciever i paid like $500 for but i might just stick to the script for the first build or two.

Wanna make a few if it's fun so my buddies can crash up one and maybe buy at cost.

Get a few of these out there.

I got like 300+ acres of cattle land around me and time at work to set up strategic charge pads or return to home button. I imagine with some dedication i could get pretty good very quickly. Pretty excited at any rate.

I was led to belive this fbv shit was still in the thousand dollar plus range.

Hell they make cheapshit $80 ones. Bit i have a lot of wind to contend with

>>1270953
Very nice anon

>>1270960
Too much heat? Too much draw? Maybe borrow another jump pack and tie in. Buy another if its fixed.

>>1270964
What do you guys use these for? Mini pc?

what kind of tools did you use to make it? I have a few bucks to spend and wanted to maybe make a little remote or something. Aviation snips, drill, hot glue, etc. How'd you make the rectangular holes? I was also thinking about going ahead and getting a hand seamer and rivet gun so I could make some larger boxes for other projects in the future.

>>1270983
>>1270973
(you)

>>1270980
It's not the heat, when I touch it the heatsinks are barely even warm. I can't imagine it being too much draw since the jump pack is rated for something like 125 amps continuous output at 12v. But I'm actually building a 18650 pack so when it's done I'll try using that since it's gonna have quite a few more amps. I think the voltage converter is just a POS, someone said something about the inductor being saturated, I failed Physics 2 in college so idk what that's about but I'm trying to learn.

>>1270982
Yup, like I said, Motorola lapdock. That one is a raspberry pi, this pic related is an Odroid U3.

>>1270983
I used a dremel and a cutting blade to make the rectangular holes, then finished them with some small files. For this one >>1270953 I used nylon bolts to secure the board. In this one >>1270957 it's just hot glue. In this one >>1270960 I tied the board down with some magnet wire to holes in the tin. In this one >>1270962 the board just fit nice and tight once I rounded down the corners.

>>1270953
Raspi3 can reach 212F when playing HD video, so some shiny copper was implemented. And yes you need tweezers to remove the SD card but my mother uses it for Kodi steaming so she never needs to remove it.

>>1271005
nice

How do RF signal come in and out of that can?

>>1271088
Most seem to be using ethernet.

>>1270953
How's that case called? Or where does it come from?

What's the point of altoids tins now that CAD and 3D printing is so accessible. It's incredibly easy and fun to design a way better custom enclosure rather than fiddle with tin snips and files.

>>1271364
I think he was referring to OP's drone.
>>1271393
It believe it was an assortment of small greeting cards from like, Michael's craft store or something. My mom had it laying around and she needed to stop spending so much on cable TV, so I made her a Kodi box. No VPN yet and none of our torrents or streams have caused her to get a letter yet. I figure I'll get her a VPN after her first warning, Comcast gives you 3 before shutting off service I think.

>>1271529
You don't get warnings for streaming, only downloading flagged torrents. As long as your using exodus or flixnet addons you'll be fine, unless they decide to change the law, or something.

>>1271005
did..did you... did you fuzz your fingerprints?
I get being paranoid on 4chan but fuck..

>>1271489
"grounding" and that it's nicely stamped (food safe and securely closing) metal instead of shitty (looking and performing) plastic

>>1271927
kek

Tried to make a fox hole radio in one. Didn't get it to work but that was the last thing I tried

>>1271927
I tell you wut I aint tryna have no sketchy ass cyberpunk unlocking my phone with 3d printed fingers and stealing my BTC. People get targeted for phone number SIM reassignment attacks just by listing their phone number on Mycelium Local Trader these days.

>>1272417
Fair enough, but using fingerprint recognition in the first place is your problem. It's not like someone that stole your phone won't have a phone covered in your fingerprints to make a fake fingerprint of.

>>1272431
shit, i'm fucked

>>1272431
Someone watches too much TV crime shows

>>1272417
What's up with them spores tho?

>>1272901
Mycelium in this case is a BTC wallet app for andoid

I've used em as an Arduino UNO case, SD card case, and a guitar pick case. Little bastards are useful as hell.

>>1273267
Lame.

>>1275293
If you need spores they're cheap and easy to get. Thesporedepot.com has lots of types, gourmet, medicinal, trippy...

>>1272417
Kek. Silicine mold is better and easier.

>>1271684
True
I can attest to this